burnable
- a word derived from burn.
Example Sentences
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Brian K. Rice, president of the California Professional Firefighters union, also expressed dismay, noting that nearly half of the state is federal land, including “some of the wildest, most burnable areas of our state.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2025
If all burnable material on the ground has been removed, a fire should run out of fuel when it reaches a fireline.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 9, 2023
Question marks dot the landscape of burnable bushes and pushable boulders, with entire regions left unrevealed.
From New York Times ● May 13, 2023
Across burnable lands globally, the annual number of flammable nighttime hours increased by 110 hours over the past four decades — allowing five additional nights when flammability does not cease, the study stated.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 16, 2022
To use the doors for firewood is not uncommon with tenants, unless they are not burnable, though surely it is not a proper use of a leased house.
From Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman by Bolles, Albert Sidney
